Judging

The judging of each application will be based on the following criteria:

• The nature and size of both environmental and non-environmental benefits
• The relationship between benefits and costs
• Broader significance to the sector
• The quality and reliability of evidence supporting the claims being made
• Unusual features which make the application ‘stand out from the crowd’

Please view the guidance notes for stage 1 and 2 for a more detailed list of the judging criteria.

Judges are expert representatives from a selection of organisations relevant to further and higher education:

• AoC – Association of Colleges
• AUDE – Association of University Director of Estates
• AUE – Association of University Engineers
• AURIL - Association for University Research and Industry Links
• BRE - Building Research Establishment
• BUFDG – British Universities Finance Directors Group
• The Carbon Trust
• CUBO – College and University Business Officers
• DIUS - Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills
• EAUC – Environmental Association for Universities and College
• EPSRC - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
• Forum for the Future
• Guild HE
• HEA – Higher Education Academy
• HEEPI – Higher Education Environmental Performance Improvement
• HEFCE – Higher Education Funding Council for England
• HEFCW - Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
• JISC - Joint Information Systems Committee
• LSC – Learning and Skills Council
• NERC – Natural Environment Research Council
• NUS Services – National Union of Students
• OFSTED
• People and Planet
• Salix Finance
• SFC – Scottish Funding Council
• Student Force
• UCISA - Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association
• UniversitiesUK – Universities UK
• UTC – Universities that Count

The Awards are run in collaboration and governed by a cross agency steering group with key sector bodies:

• Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC)
• Higher Education Environmental Performance Improvement (HEEPI);
• The Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE);
• The British Universities Finance Directors Group (BUFDG);
• Association of Colleges (AOC);
• Guild HE;
• National Union of Students Services Ltd (NUS);
• Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE);
• Universities UK (UUK).